Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations, compiled by James B. Simpson. 1988.
NUMBER:
8804
AUTHOR:
Joseph F Boyle, President, Amer Medical Assn
QUOTATION:
It seems to us an extraordinarily incongruous thing that we have a sport in which two people are literally paid to get into a ring and try to beat one another to death, or at least beat them into a state of senselessness which will then leave them permanently brain-damaged.
ATTRIBUTION:
On resolution calling for abolition of boxing, NYTimes 6 Dec 84
SUBJECTS:
Communications & the Arts: Sports: Observers & Critics
